Tag: The Lorry Driver

  • The Lorry Driver (Episode 6)

    The Lorry Driver (Episode 6)

    The Lorry Driver Episode 6

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    🔸 The Lorry Driver:

    “It was not entirely my fault. Your mother was planning to kill me. I had to run for my life. She was evil. She wanted to kill me and take over my property with her boyfriend. I faked my death and ran. That was all I could do in the circumstance.” The lorry driver said to Ada who had summoned the courage to ask questions about what transpired before her father’s disappearance. They were now sitting at the veranda of the house. All of them, including the conductor wore mournful looks as if someone had just died.

    “So you think it was the right thing to run away and leave your daughter to suffer? You abandoned your family. I was a child and you left me under the care of a woman who you said was evil. You think it was the right thing to do?” Ada asked the lorry driver.

    “It was the best decision at the time. If I had died, it would have been worse for you. I know you won’t understand and I don’t blame you. Of a truth, you were a child. But it was best to run away, and to be alive for you today than for me to have stayed and died cheaply. They would have killed me and you wouldn’t have had a father to pay your university school fees today. You may not know it, but I have been secretly taking care of you.

    Even after I disappeared, I still secretly sent money to your mother’s account. I didn’t do it with my personal account, that’s why she never knew.” The lorry driver said. He was holding a bunch of keys and as he talked, he was using one of the keys to scratch his head.

    “By the way, how did you fake your death? Because I was there when you were buried and even scooped sand and poured into your grave. Who was the person in the coffin if you were not the one? How were you able to pull it off? How did you fool the whole village to the extent that they buried a coffin without knowing what or who was in it?” Ada asked. The lorry driver demanded for water. Ada reluctantly went into the house and produced a cup of water for him. He gulped it and demanded for another one. He complained that the cup was too small. He also gulped the second cup like a dehydrated person.

    “It was very easy for me to fake my death because I had trusted friends who were ready to help me carry out my plans. They also knew what I was going through in the hands of my wife, so they were ready to cooperate with me. The first thing we did was to announce in the village that I had a ghastly motor accident. My family was told that the accident was so bad that my body could not be recovered. What was in that coffin was never my body, it was a stone.

    My friends told you people that they just picked a stone at the scene of the accident because my body was nowhere to be found. They dropped a stone in the coffin and buried as tradition demanded.” The lorry driver said. Ada was stupefied by the story she just heard. She remembered that on the day her father was buried, the coffin was no opened. No one was allowed to see who was inside.

    “I did it for you my daughter. Trust me, your mother was a bad woman and she wanted to destroy my life. I so much loved her. My love for her was such that I could not do anything to her even when I caught her with another man. But I had to act wisely to save my life when she and the man started planning to get rid of me. There was nothing else I could do. I wanted to stay alive and raise you. I had to run as far as I could.” The lorry driver said. The conductor hasn’t said a word since the conversation started. He listened silently.

    After listening to her father, Ada’s memories were revived. She remembered a particular man who kept coming close to her mother after her father’s death was announced. She remembered how her mother started searching for the documents to her father’s properties after his supposed death. Everything now made sense.

    She remembered that her mother had multiple boyfriends who her father did not even know about. She remembered that they took turns to visit with her mother each time the lorry driver went on a trip. Indeed, her mother was a lonely woman because the lorry driver was always on the road. He only came home once in a month and he only spent one weekend with his family. This made his wife to slide into loneliness and to start looking for ways to satisfy herself. Ada remembered how her mother used to be sad always. The men in her life made her happy in the absence of her husband.

    “Father, I believe you. I remember clearly what happened after your death was announced. Even though it pains me that you were not present in my childhood, I’m still happy that you are alive.” Ada said after allowing her father to explain himself.

    “But it was not entirely my mother’s fault. You were never present. You were only coming home once in a while. Even as a child, it took me a long while to realize that you were actually my father and not a visitor. You were always on the road driving. My mother was a human, not an angel. Much as I don’t defend what she did, I think she was a troubled woman.

    She was lonely because you were never by her side. You were an absentee husband and only very few women can live with that. I think you are also to blame. Imagine if it was your wife that was always absent, would you blame yourself if you looked for another woman? Put yourself in her shoes. She just wanted to be happy and you were not there to give her the happiness.” Ada said firmly.

    “I think she is right. Your wife can’t take the blame alone. You were not physically present; she had to look for another man’s attention. But she went too far.” The conductor said. He was speaking for the first time since the beginning of the long conversation.

    “I agree! I share the blame too. But the most important thing now is that I want to stay behind and take care of you my daughter. Now that we are together again, I promise never to leave your side. I will always stand by you.” The lorry driver said. Ada stood up and hugged her father. Both of them cried. Even the conductor joined them to shade tears. It was a sweet reunion. The lorry driver returned to the village and built a new house and started living with Ada.

    Meanwhile, the conductor wanted to date Ada but she told him she was not interested.

    “What happened between us in the lorry the other night was just a mistake. I don’t think we should be dating. We are better off as friends.” Ada told him and that was the end of the matter.

    THE END…!!!

  • The Lorry Driver (Episode 5)

    The Lorry Driver (Episode 5)

    The Lorry Driver Episode 5

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    🔸 The Lorry Driver:

    “I don’t think I will stay here with you because there is no point waiting for the lorry driver who I’m now convinced is a ghost. Why did he disappear when he saw us at the Ikom motor park? And he is now asking us to wait for him? I’m personally tired of this hide and seek game he is playing. I think we should proceed with the journey as planned instead of wasting time and waiting for a ghost. I already told you I’m supposed to resume studies at the university and I have no time to waste. Please, let us go.” Ada’s voice sounded really angry because she was not only tired but equally hungry. She wanted to drive the lorry to Benin City as soon as possible so that she can leave the conductor and go back to the village.

    “But if the man is a ghost, he won’t be using a phone. How can a ghost be using phone to make calls when he should know everything? Besides, he said he would board a car to come and meet us here. If he is truly a ghost, he should be able to disappear from Ikom and appear here on the road. If he is a spirit and he is still entering vehicle to come here, that means something is wrong somewhere. He is probably not a ghost if he can’t disappear and appear.” The conductor replied. He too was tired. The van operator just finished helping them to pull out the lorry from the mud. The sun was now shining very brightly and the day had kicked off in earnest. Other lorries and vehicles drove past the spot where they parked.

    “What if he does not want you to know that he has the ability to disappear and appear? What if he does it secretly? He has told you that he is entering public transport, but he can also disappear from Ikom and appear here and then claim he entered public transport. Please, let us go, because I don’t want to see him.” Ada insisted on leaving the place before the arrival of the lorry driver but the conductor said they must wait. Ada had no option than to agree, even though she was very angry inwardly. Her anger boiled over when they waited until 12 noon and the lorry driver failed to arrive. She became hungry.

    “I want to eat please, at least, let me have food in my belly while we are waiting for the lorry driver. I’m very hungry right now and I need to eat as soon as possible. What about you? Are you not hungry?” Ada asked the conductor who just woke up from sleep.

    “I’m not only hungry, I’m also tired mentally and physically. Let us go to the town and eat. The place is not far. The place I went to bring the van operator. I saw a food restaurant there. Come down let us go. If we come back and the lorry driver still haven’t come, we will proceed with the journey.” The conductor said. They walked to the town because it was really close to where they parked.

    Soon, they got to the restaurant and both of them ordered swallow. While Ada ate garri and egusi soup, the conductor preferred akpu and ogbono soup.

    “Garri does not last in my belly. It takes only 30 mutes to dissolve. That is why I always like to eat akpu. This one will stay in my stomach until evening.” The conductor said. This made Ada to laugh out loud. Soon, they were done eating and they washed the food down with bottles of Fanta and they were on their way back to the lorry. When they got close to the long vehicle, the saw that someone was trying to start the engine. The door on the driver’s side was open but they could not see the person who was inside because of the height of the lorry. The person was on the steering but they were not able to see his face clearly. The conductor was not sure if the person is the lorry driver or a thief attempting to steal the lorry.

    “Who is trying to start the lorry? Please let us run before the person steals the vehicle.” The conductor said and they both started running. But before they got to where the vehicle was parked, it started moving. The speed of the lorry increased and it sped past them and headed to direction where they were coming from. The speed progressively increased until they could see it no more. The person vanished with the lorry, leaving Ada and the conductor confused.

    “We are in trouble. Who could that be?” The conductor said.

    “You are the one who is in trouble, not me. I had told you that we should leave this place and you insisted on waiting for the ghost. Now, we don’t even know if he is the one driving the lorry away or thieves. Please, give me transport fare let me leave this place.” Ada shouted at the conductor who was highly agitated but managed to hold himself firmly.

    “You can’t leave alone. We will go together and chase after the lorry. But I want you to calm down. I’m sure everything would be fine. Let me call the lorry driver and see if he was the one who drove the lorry away.” The conductor said amidst heavy pants. He dialed the lorry driver’s number and it was switched off. They boarded a vehicle and headed for Benin City. When they got there, they went straight to the motor park and they saw the lorry where it was parked. The banana had been offloaded and the lorry just parked there with no driver on sight. Soon, Ada left the motor park and headed for the village to prepare and resume studies at the university.

    “I will stay in the lorry until I find out the person who drove it to this place.” The conductor said to himself.

    TO Be Continued

  • The Lorry Driver (Episode 4)

    The Lorry Driver (Episode 4)

    The Lorry Driver Episode 4

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    🔸 The Lorry Driver:

    It is rainy season and the road is wet. Ada has successfully driven the lorry and covered a long distance without encountering any problem. The conductor was full of admiration for her as she mounted the road and seemed to have conquered it. As the lorry sped on the wet tarred road, Ada could hear the sound of rain water splashing on the eighteen tires and the sound came out like the sound of a flying boat on motion on a river.

    The ‘zazaza zazaza’ sound made her feel as if she was listening to a good music. She was very proud that she could drive the long vehicle. Even as they passed through police checkpoints, the officers just allowed the lorry to pass without demanding for their usual bribe. But soon, problem started when they got to a section of the road that is filled with craters and portholes. Ada found it hard to drive on the bad road because she lacked experience.

    “This road is very terrible. Are you sure we can continue? Don’t you think we should look for a town and wait a little and allow the road to dry up before we continue? Look, everywhere is flooded; I can’t even see where to put the tires. The lorry might fall if we continue. Let is stop and allow the water on the road to drain before we can continue.” Ada said to the conductor who was asleep. He did not hear what she said. His lips were wide open as he lay on the passenger’s seat of the lorry and slept as if he was on a mattress. Ada lifted her right hand from the steering and tapped the conductor. But as she did that, the lorry swerved off the good portion of the road and entered a very big porthole.

    The porthole looked like a gutter and the two front tires of the lorry got stuck in it. There was no way for Ada to drive out of the porthole. Officially, they were in big trouble half-way through the journey and the time is 5pm.

    “We will have to look for people to help us push out the lorry. This is a serious problem and we may not leave this place early. The last time we had this kind of problem, we ended up spending the night on the road. You have to stay in the lorry so that I will go into the town and find help. I will look for a toing van if I can’t find some boys to help us.” The conductor said. He had woken up from sleep immediate the lorry swerved into the porthole.

    “How do you expect me to stay here alone? I’m coming with you. I can’t stay in the middle of this bush all alone.” Ada responded. Indeed, the road was a lonely place. Apart from occasion vehicles that passed them, the other noise they heard came from trees whistling on both sides of the road as they are hit by rainy wind.

    “Nothing will happen to you and I will not waste any time. Believe me, I will come back even if I don’t see anyone to help us. Just give me thirty minutes or one hour. There is a town close to this place. It is not as if I’m going back to Ikom. Please stay here and wait. I will be back in minutes.” The conductor said calmly, trying to reassure Ada.

    “Please, I’m begging you to return early. Don’t leave me here all alone for a long time. And please, if you are coming back, buy me some food because I’m hungry.” Ada said and went back into the lorry and lay on the two seats. As the conductor left to search for help, Ada kept wondering how she got into the situation she was in.

    “How did I find myself in this mess? I was on my own in the village and then boom, this man appeared from nowhere and hijacked me. He said he saw my father, and poor me, I followed him without much critical thinking. Look at me now, driving a lorry that got stuck in the middle of a lonely road. I hope I will get out of this situation and return to my former life as soon as possible. I don’t want to be a lorry driver, I want to go to school.” Ada said to herself. Soon, she slept off.

    As it turned out, the conductor did not come back from the town until 8pm in the night. Worse is that he did not find a toing van neither did he come back with boys to help them pull out the lorry from the mud. But at least, he came back with food.

    “Here is some food for you. Please, don’t be angry that I stayed long. I tried finding help but no way. No one agreed to come with me because they said night has fallen and it would be unsafe for them to leave the town.” The conductor said with a calm voice.

    “You see why I said we should go together? If we had gone together, we would have passed the night in a hotel in the town. Now, we are going to sleep in this lorry. I hate this! I will be sleeping in a lorry for a second night. Imagine what mosquitoes would do to me in the middle of this bush.” Ada said. The conductor listened to her voice and knew she was very upset. He pleaded with her to calm down and at least eat something.

    “Apart from the mosquito, I assure you that nothing will happen to us. I have slept on the road lie this before.” The conductor said.

    “You have slept on the road before, but this is my first time. Clearly, I can’t be blamed if I’m afraid. I do hope I come out of this mess and head back to the village as soon as I get to Benin City. I’m tired!” Ada said. She ate the food bought for her by the conductor and soon, they fell asleep in the lorry.

    There was cold in the middle of the night and the two young people had no option but to hold each other for warmth. But they did not stop there because nature soon took over and they made love. It happened like a dream to Ada and even when she woke up the next morning, she couldn’t believe that such a thing happened between her and the conductor. But it happened. She cried secretly at the back of the lorry.

    “I can’t believe I did this.” She said to herself. The conductor had gone back to town to look for a toing van. He soon returned and the van operator went to work, trying to pull the lorry out of the mud. Ada was on the steering, firing the lorry as the van pulled. Just then, the conductor’s phone rang and it was the lorry driver.

    “Where is the lorry, I can’t find it. Where is my lorry?” The lorry driver asked with anger and distress in his voice.

    “We are driving it to Benin City to deliver the banana to the owner. I hired a driver. But the problem is that we are stuck on the road. We are in the mud and we are trying to come out.” The conductor said. He lied about who was driving the lorry.

    “Wait for me there. Don’t move any further until you see me. Text me the location because I’m coming to meet you people.” The lorry driver said. As soon as he dropped the call, the conductor texted their location to the lorry driver and he boarded a vehicle, coming to meet him and Ada.

    TO Be Continued

  • The Lorry Driver (Episode 3)

    The Lorry Driver (Episode 3)

    The Lorry Driver Episode 3

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    🔸 The Lorry Driver:

    The unmistakable aroma of akara filled the early morning breeze which entered the lorry through the two small doors that lead to the driver and passenger’s seat. The aroma of akara made Ada to salivate and lick her lips. Ada loves early morning sleep because it is usually very sweet. The cool early morning breeze made her sleep sweeter because it calmed her nerves.

    The weather was cool throughout the night. At some points, tiny drops of chilled dews sipped through the lorry’s wooden door and fell on Ada’s skin. It gave her goose bumps. Despite passing the night in the lorry, she slept very well. The only thing is that she did not sleep early because she kept waiting and expecting that the lorry driver would come back in the night. This never happened because the man stayed away from the lorry.

    “Is the lorry driver a ghost? Why is he running away from me if he is calling me his daughter? If truly he is my father the way he claims, why is he running? He should be happy to see me and reunite with me after many years. A true father will not run away from his daughter no matter what. I’m confused right now.” Ada said to herself. She is now fully awake and her mind raced back to the situation at hand.

    The sun was coming out and light has strayed into the lorry through a crack on the door. She was still lying down on the two sits in front of the lorry. She used the driver’s seat to make a pillow while the trunk of her body rested on the other seat. Anytime she looks up, the steering of the lorry is the first thing she sees.

    Ada knows how to drive and even possesses a driver’s license. She got the license when she applied for a factory job which required applicants to know how to drive. She never got the job but the driving knowledge and skill remained with her.

    “I think I should go back to the village. The time for me to resume studies at the university is approaching. I can’t stay here and miss my admission. For all I care, the man I’m chasing after might be a stranger or even a ghost. I can’t stay here and waste my time. I have to go back to the village so that I will proceed to the university to resume studies. Thank God the man has given me money for my school fees. Let me go and use it to pay the fees before the deadline passes.

    If truly he is my father, I believe he will look for me and show himself to me. He won’t hide. But in the meantime, let me go and utilize the money he gave to me.” Ada said to herself. She stood up from the lorry seats, opened the small wooden door and jumped down like a soldier. She looked for a hidden corner at the motor park and urinated. She had carried the urine all night because she was afraid of coming out.

    “Are you up already?” Someone behind her asked. It was the conductor. He slept at the back of the lorry. He is used to it. He just spread a few soft clothes on top of bunches of bananas and slept off. He also was hoping that the lorry driver would show up in the night. He was surprised that the man never showed up. The conductor has started to doubt himself and also began to nurse the idea that the lorry driver was in fact, a ghost. In the past, he had heard stories of ghosts disappearing once they see someone who knows them.

    “I’m beginning to believe that your father is truly dead and that the person I’m working with is indeed, a ghost. If he is alive, why did he run when he saw us? I believe he does not want you to see him because you know him. I have heard that this is exactly how ghosts behave.” The conductor said after exchanging early morning pleasantries with Ada.

    “I’m happy you are now ready to listen to me. I told you my father is dead. I was there when he was buried. He is dead! Anyway, I don’t want to continue to stay here. I have to go and resume school at the university before it would be too late.” Ada said to the conductor.

    “I understand, but there is a problem.” The conductor said.

    “What is the problem?” Ada asked with a lot of apprehension and fear written on her face.

    “You know that the lorry driver loaded this banana and he was supposed to take it to Benin yesterday night but he never did. He disappeared into thin air. Now, the owner of the banana has been calling me non-stop, asking for his goods to be delivered. And banana is a perishable fruit. We usually don’t waste time on the road each time we carry banana so that it will not ripe and spoil. Now, Oga is nowhere to be found and the owner of the banana has already paid him half of the money. I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to drive yet. The banana cannot sleep here a second night. It will perish and we will be in trouble.” The conductor said to Ada.

    “You and who will be in trouble? I hope you are not referring to me? Well, like I said, I want to leave this motor park because I want to go back to the village and pick my things and move to the university. So, whatever plans you are making, or whatever references you are making about being in trouble, please, don’t include me. I was only here because you told me you saw my father. But now that I have confirmed that the man don’t want to see me, I will be on my way home.” Ada said. She was standing hands akimbo.

    “But the lorry still belongs to your father and you can’t just leave it here. If you leave it here, it would be stolen. It is your father’s property, as far as I know, because he told me you are his daughter. I don’t have contrary evidence to counter what he told me. You are his daughter and only child, so you are responsible for his property if he is nowhere to be found.

    Ada, please, I advise that we should find a driver to drive the banana to Benin before you will leave to the university. At least, let us deliver this load first. How I wish I know how to drive, I would have done it myself.” The conductor lamented painfully. The lorry driver has been very good to him since he started working with him. He feels very bad to hear that he is dead and that he could well be a ghost.

    He does not want anything to happen to the lorry. At least, he wants to exercise a proper duty of care in the absence of the lorry driver even if he is truly a ghost. Let it be that he did his best before things would get out hand.

    “I know how to drive, but I have never driven a lorry.” Ada said.

    “What? That means the thing I was looking for in Sokoto is right here with me in Ikom. Please, jump in and let’s go. I will gladly work as your conductor.” The conductor said happily. He was smiling like a child who just got a chunk of fried chicken meat.

    “I will only drive this lorry under one condition. Which is that you will let me go as soon as I drive it into Benin City. I won’t move an inch with you again as soon as we get there. If you agree, I will drive it.” Ada said.

    “I agree. I’m not holding you hostage. I’m only trying to help. Please, let us move. There is no time.” The conductor said. Ada jumped into the lorry and ignited the engine and it revved to life. The way she drove it like an expert lorry driver surprised the conductor. Soon, they were out of the motor park and on their way to Benin City.

    TO Be Continued

  • The Lorry Driver (Episode 2)

    The Lorry Driver (Episode 2)

    The Lorry Driver Episode 2

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    🔸 The Lorry Driver:

    “The driver you are talking about left this place yesterday morning. He said he was going to visit his daughter. I thought you went with him. Are you not his conductor?” A motor park tout asked the conductor who was running around searching for the lorry driver. He was getting tired because he has asked so many people and no one appeared to have a clue to the man’s whereabouts.

    “Yes, you are right! I was with him and we even arrived in his village together. He sent me to deliver some items to his daughter. He said he was going to buy bread and we have not seen him since then.” The conductor said to the tout. He and Ada had arrived at the motor park in search of the lorry driver. Ada was sitting at a local restaurant at the motor park where she was patiently waiting for the conductor. She watched as the restaurant woman served plates of food to drivers who formed the bulk of her customers. As they ate, they chatted excitedly about their journeys and the adventurous experiences they encounter on lonely highways. The captivating aroma of hot fufu and stock fish mixed with ogbono soup filled the air. Ada has not had her breakfast, so she salivated as she watched the men eat and lick their fingers. Soon, the lorry conductor returned to meet her.

    “I didn’t see him. Everyone I asked said he didn’t come back to the motor park after we left yesterday. I’m confused right now and I really don’t know what next to do. Today is Saturday and I suspect that he must have gone straight to Ikom to load banana for one of our customers. I want us to go to Ikom to look for him. I really want to get to the bottom of this matter. I don’t want to believe that I have been working with a ghost for the past five years.” The lorry conductor said. He brought out his phone and checked what time it was and it was 2pm.

    “So you have a phone?” Ada asked the conductor.

    “Yes I do. Why are you asking?” The conductor asked.
    “Why haven’t you used it to call the lorry driver? Or don’t you have his phone number? Call him or give me his phone number let me call him so that we can know where he is before starting to trace him.” Ada said. She is now very hungry and restless due to the whole confusion. Her brain felt clouded and hazy, so she decided to sit at the local restaurant and eat something. The conductor joined her to eat. As they were eating, the conductor dialed the lorry driver’s number and the phone rang and he picked. He told the conductor that he had gone to Ikom. He appologised for not returning to meet him in the village as promised.

    “I want you to come to Ikom and meet me. There is a lot of work to be done here and I’m all alone. Please join the next available vehicle because I urgently need your help. I didn’t know I was going to come here to load, that’s why I didn’t call you when I was coming.” The driver said.

    “Did you deliver those items to my daughter?” The driver asked after pausing for a while. The conductor and Ada listened attentively to everything he was saying. As she listened, tried to remember what her father’s voice sounded like. She compared the voice she was hearing over the phone to her father’s voice which she faintly remembered. The voice resembled that of her father, but she was not completely sure.

    “Yes, I delivered the items. She was very happy to receive them. I will be on my way soon. I will be in Ikom within two hours.” The conductor said. At that time they had finished eating. Soon, they boarded a vehicle and headed to Ikom.

    “I told you that your father is still alive. You see, I just spoke to him on phone. I told you he is alive. I know you still don’t believe me, but when we get to Ikom, you will see him. Maybe by then, you will believe me.” The conductor said to Ada as the driver of the Toyota Corolla negotiated a bend and everyone in the car swerved from one side to the other. The driver of the vehicle was racing on top speed exactly the way Ada wanted. It was like the car was flying.

    “Although, I don’t believe that my father is still alive, but I can’t wait to see the person this conductor is talking about. How can my father still be alive? I was right there when he was buried. I remember vividly the day he died. I remember that I was still in primary school and I remember how I cried bitterly when my mother informed me of my father’s death. I’m surprised that this conductor is saying my father is still alive. I can’t wait to see him and hear his voice.” Ada said to herself. The time was now 5:30pm and they had arrived in Ikom. Their driver entered the Ikom motor park and found a space for his vehicle. All the passengers, including Ada and the conductor came down from the car. Immediately, they started searching for the lorry driver. Everywhere was crowded with travellers dragging their bags.

    Meanwhile, the lorry driver was in his lorry eating groundnut when he looked out from the window and saw Ada and the conductor as they were searching for him. He was surprised that the conductor brought Ada to Ikom.

    “Why did he bring Ada to Ikom? This boy has no respect for me. I did not ask him to come with my daughter. I told him to come alone. Why is he now bringing the young girl? I’m very sure she desperately wants to see me. This will not happen.” The lorry driver said with a lot of anger.

    “This is his lorry but he is nowhere to be found. Let us wait for him, maybe he went to eat.” The conductor said to Ada. They waited the whole night but the lorry driver did not return. They also waited the next day and still they did not see him.

    TO Be Continued

  • The Lorry Driver (Episode 1)

    The Lorry Driver (Episode 1)

    The Lorry Driver Episode 1

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    🔸 The Lorry Driver:

    The time is 6am in the morning. The place is Benin, Edo state. The Lorry driver just drove into the city with a full load of bananas he carried from Ikom in Cross River state. This is his second trip for the week. The lorry driver jumped down from the long vehicle and went to one side of the motor park to urinate. He was heavily relieved when he finished urinating because he has held the urine in his bladder for a long time. He zipped up his trouser and went back to the place where his lorry is parked.

    “Give me the mat under the driver’s seat. Be fast about it. I want to sleep for a few hours before going to my village to see my daughter.” The Lorry driver tells his conductor. The conductor was about opening the trip board of the lorry so that the banana could be offloaded. The young man quickly rushed and attended to his master’s requests.

    “Wake me up when you people are done with offloading. Make sure you don’t forget.” The Lorry Driver said to his conductor who nodded his head in obedience.

    By 12 noon, they were done offloading so he went to wake his master. Soon, they started driving to the village where the lorry driver said he was going to see his daughter. He had withdrawn N150,000 cash which he intends to give to his daughter. He also bought some clothes and food items for her.

    “My daughter is passing through a lot of difficulties and I have been saving this money for a long time. It is time for me to use it to help her out. I hope the money and the food items would make her confortable for a long time.” The lorry driver said to himself as he negotiated a bend and branched off into the road that led to his village.

    It was not long before they arrived in the village but just before they entered his compound, he matched the breaks and the lorry stopped. He brought out the cash, the clothes and food items and handed everything to the conductor.

    “Look at that compound over there. That is my compound. I want you to go there and give these items to the girl you will find there. Stay there and wait for me. I want to go back and buy some loaves of bread. I forgot to by bread for her. I want to go back and buy it because she like bread a lot. Please, tell her I’m coming in few minutes.” The lorry driver said. The conductor nodded his head and jumped down from the lorry. He walked with speed to the compound where the lorry driver had shown him. When he walked into the compound, the lady looked at him with surprise in her eyes.

    “You are welcome, please who are you looking for and where are you from?” The beautiful lady in her early 20s asks the conductor. She looks exactly like the lorry driver. The conductor concluded in his heart that the lady must be the lorry driver’s first daughter.

    “Good evening. My name is Ahanna, and I work with your father as a lorry conductor. I was coming with him but he said he was going back the town to buy some loaves of bread for you. However, he has asked me to deliver these items and cash to you. He also said I should wait for him since he is going to come back here and pick me up after buying the bread.” The conductor informs the lady. The lady looked surprised, but first, he offered a seat to the conductor and also collected the items in his hands.

    “My name is Ada and I’m my father’s only child. My mother is also dead. My father died more than fifteen years ago when I was still a child. I can even show you his grave. He is not alive and he could not have sent these items to me. You may have missed your way. This is the wrong compound.” Ada said to the conductor who was very surprised to hear all that she was saying.

    “What do you mean your father is dead? I’m telling you that I came to this village with him but he just went back to buy bread in the town. He was even the person who drove the lorry into the village. How can you say the same person I just saw a few minutes ago is dead?” The conductor asked.

    “Are you sure you are in the right compound? I know that my father was a lorry driver when he was alive, but look over there and you will see his grave. He is dead. I knew the day he was buried. I even poured sand into his grave. There is no way the same person can still be alive.” Ada said.

    “His name is Achili. Is that your father’s name?” The conductor asked.

    “Yes. But he is dead.” Ada said with tears in her eyes. “Since his death, I have faced a lot of challenges, eating hand to mouth and struggling to pay my school fees. Things got worse for me as my mother also died a year ago. Since then, life has been hellish. I have gained admission into the university but I can’t start school because I don’t have the money to pay the fees. All my father’s relatives abandoned me after his death. I still have a place to live because my father was able to build this house before his death.” Ada said amid tears.

    “He gave me some cash to give to you. Please, stop crying. You can use the money in the bag to pay for your school fees. But, I’m going to stay here and wait for him to be back as he promised.” The conductor said. Ada took the bags of clothes and food inside the house. They waited all night and the lorry driver did not return. The conductor became very scared and agitated. He has never seen such a thing before.

    “I have worked for this man for a long time. I have travelled to several places with him. I have slept on this same room with him. How can he be dead? Does it mean I have been working for a ghost?” The conductor asked himself. He thought seriously over the matter during the night.

    “Let us go to the motor park and look for your father. I’m sure he will be there.” The conductor said to Ada.

    “I told you he is dead. There is no need looking for him. But I will follow you if you insist we should look for him.” Ada said. It was already day break and villagers were going about their businesses. Ada and the conductor rushed to the motor park where they hoped to find Ada’s father.

    TO Be Continued